Ross Bayer

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10 Goals:

1. Chose a CMS (Content Management System)

I decided on Joomla. Mainly because I Wordpress and ModX didn't fit my needs for a simple website meant for my TaeKwonDo studio.


2. Install Xampp (to create a localhost)

I installed Xampp for linux by downloading it from here[1] and moving it to the suitable directory. once this was complete I had, essentially a mini webserver known as localhost where my site can reside until it is complete.

Installed Xampp: File:/home/rossbayer/Pictures/Screenshot.png


3. Install Joomla

This was a bit of a challenge, After much trial and error and finally google, I found where to move the file with joomla in it. For me running Ubuntu 10.10 the directory was /opt/lampp/htdocs. All that was left was to start Xampp with the terminal command sudo /opt/lampp/lampp start and navigate to http://localhost/JOOMLAFILENAME and run through the install.


4. Fix Error Messages in Joomla

When I had sucessfully